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Rockridge Day Spa employs as many vegan and organic products as possible. These naturally derived palliatives aid the aestheticians as they design personalized facials that manage to hydrate, improve skin tone, or simply restore a youthful glow around the cheekbones. Body scrubs leave the skin soft and radiant by using everything from brown sugar and honey to antioxidant-rich strawberries and fizzy sparkling wine to exfoliate the topmost layers. Similarly, the spa's chemical peels and microdermabrasion sessions use more advanced approaches as they conceal the appearance of wrinkles and pigmented blemishes.
While sipping on a cup of tea, clients can dangle their toes over pedicure bowls and enjoy a thoroughly indulgent nail treatment that pampers the feet with mineral soaks and gentle massages. The spa's massage therapist indulges visitors even more by using a personalized blend of Swedish and deep-tissue techniques to soothe aching muscle and relieve the chronic pains caused by sleeping in a bathtub full of marbles.

In a world of solemn responsibilities and stern rules, Flirt Nail Lounge stands as a haven of whimsical femininity. Bright pink walls, purple shag carpets, and signs declaring, ?A princess sits here? cast off the grownup world to let guests revel in luxurious nail services elevated by a host of pampering extras. Nail techs sit on plush pink ottomans as their clients melt into tufted white armchairs above them, their feet dangling in the warm water of sinks set into the floor. In addition to performing manicures and pedicures with OPI polish and no-chip Shellac lacquer, the techs specialize in painting ornate designs?replete with 3-D accoutrements such as gemstones, gold accents, and can openers?on natural nails or acrylic extensions. The lounge also features a private room for waxing treatments and a boutique that brims with bath oils and cupcake bath bombs by Sugar Rush.

When 17 Jewels Salon + Spa owner Julie Stevens noticed the inscription “17 jewels” on her late grandfather’s watch, she knew she’d found the perfect name for her salon. The term refers to the jewels—typically synthetic rubies—used to craft mechanical watches that help reduce friction in the internal mechanism, resulting in precise and dependable timekeeping, even in a black hole. Not only was it a catchy name, it also stood for reliability, an ideal she hoped to bring to her salon.
Today, Julie and her team live up to that ideal with a full line of salon and spa services that beauty clients time and again using products from Kevin.Murphy, ilike Organic Skin Care, and other professional brands. All services are performed in a salon festooned with murals of bright-red flowers, a nod to Julie’s other lifelong passion: art.

?Genray Hair Salon's stylists continue to refine their hair-manipulating skills with ongoing training from Bumble and Bumble, Keune, K?rastase, Moroccan, Brazilian Blowout, and Hot Heads. After staff put their continually sharpened skills to use sculpting hair into flattering bobs, shags, or monuments to ancient Egyptian gods, they may also apply a specialty conditioning treatment that strengthens strands. Alternatively, skilled hands can apply keratin treatments in which protein bonds form a health-boosting protective shield extending from the hair?s cuticle to its tip. Even after leaving the salon, clients can extend their locks? good looks with high-end products from Keune, K?rastase, Bumble and Bumble, Moroccan, Brazilian Blowout, and Hot Heads available for purchase.

What do teenage girls and pro football players have in common? They both want to look good. For nearly two decades, Face and Body by Taylor has been pampering clients who range from prom-prepping teens to professional athletes, including former Oakland Raider Charles Woodson. Backed by a service menu that caters to both genders, the spa's certified technicians carefully wax eyebrows, soften skin with homemade aromatherapy body scrubs, and primp fingers and toes with careful buffing and an optional layer of Shellac, Gelish, or OPI lacquer. The spa eschews the feminine pink paint and framed watercolors of X chromosomes typical of a standard salon and instead features sophisticated wood-laden decor that ensures a welcoming environment for men and women alike.

Each of the spa's relaxing services starts off as experienced staffers pamper guests with a complimentary hot-towel wrap and dose of aromatherapy scents. Licensed massage therapists work to alleviate guests' physical and psychological tension during soothing massages, which run anywhere from 30 to 120 minutes and incorporate techniques from modalities including Swedish, hot stone, reflexology, and myofascial release. Facials, body treatments, and hair-snatching waxes can clear skin of fine lines, blemishes, acne, and unwanted follicles. Clients may also doll up their appendages with a selection of manicures and pedicures, all backed by Harmony Day Spa's 48-hour nail policy that guarantees better yields when noodling for non-colorblind catfish.

Groupon Guide

As one of the least conservative cities in the world, San Francisco might seem like a place where anything goes in the style department. And while that’s true to a certain extent, a perfect haircut or day-of blowout will always be in style, and might help you score points with a significant other or at that big meeting. Here are a few of San Francisco’s hippest hair salons.
If you’re looking for a paparazzi-ready style session, single-concept Drybar in the Fillmore is the place. The highly focused salon offers neither cuts nor colors, but will perk up your ‘do in no time flat. And unlike many premier shops, Drybar charges a mere $40 for their service, regardless of hair length. And if you weren’t convinced yet, hear this: mimosas and complimentary snacks are included. Should the skies open up, they may even give you an umbrella as you walk out, to keep your new mane beautiful no matter the weather.
Glama-Rama in the Mission is, perhaps stereotypically for this city, both an art gallery and a beauty salon. Flat irons, bridal updos, full highlights and dreads – Glama-Rama handles anything you can comb at it, all in a warmly retro setting full of artwork from nearby creative types. Some art is even done by the staff themselves, proving that it’s a fine line between art and hairdressing.
Hayes Valley’s Hair Play is also a great option for any woman looking for a change. Whether it’s a dramatic difference in length or a bold new color, Hair Play’s stylists have both an eye for detail and a desire to lavish their attention on everyone’s locks.
Ladies who rock bangs know that every eighth of an inch can be crucial, and that’s where the Pretty Pretty Collective comes in. When it’s time for a bit of a snip without making a fuss over the rest of your tresses, this crew will take good care of you with precise trims, as well as a full array of salon services. Although a slightly higher price point than many others, unisex Pretty Pretty is where the Mission’s garden-variety babes go to become knockout beauties.